Gwersyllt CP

Dear Parents,

I am writing to you because your child is currently accessing the school’s face to face learning provision.

I apologise if the following does not apply to you, however, I have to ensure that this important message is clearly communicated and understood by all users of the provision in school.

There have been reports nationally, locally and unfortunately also at our school of parents not following the current restrictions in relation to mixing of households and continuing to access school based provision. Clearly, this behaviour puts our pupils, staff and families at greater risk of exposure to the virus.

It is worth re-iterating what the current Level 4 alert means in terms of the rules.

At alert level 4 you must:

· Follow social distancing rules with people you don’t live with or who are not in your support bubble.

· Wear a face covering (if you are able to) in all indoor public places.

· Stay at home.

· Not create an extended household (single adults or single parents may join with one other household to form an exclusive support bubble).

· Do not meet people that you do not live with (or are in your support bubble if you are a single parent) either indoors or outdoors.

· Work from home if you can.

· Not travel without reasonable excuse.

· Not travel internationally without reasonable excuse.

The types of behaviours that have been reported include pupils seeing each other outside of school for play dates, children being picked up from school by individuals from more than one household, children being sent into school on days when parents are not working or there is a another adult available at home.

Clearly any such breaches of the regulations are cause for concern for our school community and in some circumstances constitute a breach of the current regulations that could lead to prosecution.

My main purpose in writing to you is to inform users of the provision, that for the protection of our community, any such breaches that come to our attention will be investigated and if necessary action will be taken. If we are made aware of a concern, we will ask you to discuss the matter with us. Should we find that any family is in breach of the regulations, the school will consider withdrawing the offer of on-site provision and potentially refer the matter to the police for further investigation.

I fully understand that most of those in receipt of this letter have not broken any of the rules referred to and may well be shocked to receive this. Please be assured that I have sent it to all users for the purpose of establishing with clarity, how the school intends to deal with such matters. For those who follow the rules, I hope it provides comfort that we are doing all we can to safeguard you from the impact of having to self-isolate due to a positive case resulting in a contact at school.

I look forward to continuing to work alongside you to keep our front line and critical services operating whilst maintaining a safe environment for all.

Yours sincerely

Mr J Moore